CVE-2022-4020 - OpenCVE

Vulnerability in the HQSwSmiDxe DXE driver on some consumer Acer Notebook devices may allow an attacker with elevated privileges to modify UEFI Secure Boot settings by modifying an NVRAM variable.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Acer	Aspire A115-21 Aspire A115-21 Firmware Aspire A315-22 Aspire A315-22 Firmware Aspire A315-22g Aspire A315-22g Firmware Extensa Ex215-21 Extensa Ex215-21 Firmware Extensa Ex215-21g Extensa Ex215-21g Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:acer:aspire_a315-22g_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:acer:aspire_a315-22g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:acer:aspire_a115-21_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:acer:aspire_a115-21:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:acer:aspire_a315-22_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:acer:aspire_a315-22:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:acer:extensa_ex215-21_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:acer:extensa_ex215-21:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 5 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:acer:extensa_ex215-21g_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:acer:extensa_ex215-21g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://community.acer.com/en/kb/articles/15520-security-vulnerability-regarding-vulnerability-that-may-allow-changes-to-secure-boot-settings

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ESET

Published: 2022-11-28T13:00:01.057Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:27:54.370Z

Reserved: 2022-11-16T12:09:56.043Z

Link: CVE-2022-4020

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-28T13:15:10.180

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:56:42.807

Link: CVE-2022-4020

Redhat

No data.

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